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THORACOSCOPIC BIOPSY OF A PATHOLOGICAL VERTEBRAL BODY
Author(s) -
Tan H. L.,
McMurrick P. J.,
Merriman T. E.,
Torode I. P.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1994.tb02067.x
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , pathological , thoracotomy , radiology , vertebral body , percutaneous biopsy , vertebra , percutaneous , thoracic vertebrae , surgery , lumbar vertebrae , lumbar , pathology
When computed tomography (CT) guided biopsy of a pathological vertebral body fails, the accepted alternative has been open thoracotomy and biopsy. The authors wish to report the use of a thoracoscopic approach to biopsy of a pathological thoracic vertebra in a child, after an unsuccessful attempt at CT guided percutaneous biopsy.